{"nrhp_refnum":"79000826","name":"Notre Dame de Chicago","other_names":["Notre Dame de Chicago Roman Catholic Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1338 W. Flournoy St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Chicago","county":"Cook County","state":"IL","lat":41.873451834000036,"lon":-87.66090335099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-03-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["European","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Notre Dame de Chicago is a Roman Catholic church at 1338 West Flournoy Street on Chicago's Near West Side, with a basement church dedicated in 1889 and the full church dedicated in 1892. It was designed by Gregoire Vigeant and built of Milwaukee gray brick.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is architecturally significant as a Romanesque Revival design with a distinctly French interpretation, drawing on French Renaissance ideas rather than Richardsonian Romanesque. It is also called the best surviving landmark of Chicago's French community, and the only surviving French monument in the city.","narrative":"Notre Dame de Chicago is a Roman Catholic church at 1338 West Flournoy Street, built for the city's French community. Its basement church was dedicated in 1889 and the main church in 1892. Architect Gregoire Vigeant, born in Quebec, designed the Milwaukee gray brick building on a Greek cross plan, with hipped roofs, a central dome, a lantern and a tall statue of the Virgin. Inside are Sienna marble, mosaic floors, Corinthian columns and 33 European stained glass windows donated by French parishioners. The church was listed for two reasons. Architecturally, it shows the move from Victorian and Gothic Revival toward Romanesque Revival, given a French character through its plan, domes and vertical sweep. Historically, it succeeded earlier French parish churches, beginning with St. Louis Church, and is described as the best surviving landmark of Chicago's French population. Lightning damaged the dome in 1978, and water damage affected the plaster and frescoes.","period_of_significance":"1800-1899; 1888-1934","architect_builder":"Gregoire Vigeant","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival with French Renaissance influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in religious use; a June 1978 lightning strike damaged the main dome and statue, with water damage to the plaster ceiling, wiring and frescoes.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:34.571943-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/12/8924/28892412/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/79000826.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000826/7a96330052-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79000826/7a96330052-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Andrew Jameson","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notre_Dame_de_Chicago.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Jameson</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notre_Dame_de_Chicago.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"12000040","name":"Chicago Park Boulevard System Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/illinois/chicago-park-boulevard-system-historic-district-12000040/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28892412","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notre_Dame_de_Chicago","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7063482"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/cook-county/notre-dame-de-chicago-79000826/"}